North Andover High School - Knight Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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THE GOBBLER-1948 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL The Senior Class leaves all its dilapidated books to Cornelis Heijn and Dick Hilton. Gus Weigel and Buddy Cyr reluctantly give up their successful leadership as co-captains to Don Farrow and Jimmy Kennedy. Joan Driscoll bequeaths her pretty Irish eyes to Vera Sullivan and her suc¬ cessful cure for insomnia to Jane Driscoll, this cure being only forty-five minutes in a D. A. class. Ethel Lambert bequeaths to Joan Diamont those big beautiful brown eyes. We hope Joan knows how to use them as Ethel did. Since Teddy Farrell won’t need his super-special ear for hearing the NO¬ SCHOOL signal on bright sunny Monday mornings, he leaves it to Dale Mac- Arthur and Gordon Marshall. Teddy tells Mac and Gordon he doesn’t want this work of art wasting away; it took him a long time to perfect it. Mary Shottes and Pat Currier leave their quiet and dignified careers in school to Sheila Cronin. Arthur Awley leaves his talents and moral support for the band to Rich Mooradkanian. Jack Dolan leaves his 10 EASY LESSONS on how to get along with women and still call them fat, to quiet Bill Connell and Gilly Lundquist. Heart Breaker Joe Guthrie leaves to Harold Bamford and Ronald Casale his way with the opposite sex and yet how to stay popular with his own. Bill Hanscom leaves his nerve to Ken Howard to stand behind the vicious bat. More power to you, Ken. Gloria MacCoy bequeaths her happy-go-lucky nature and rippling laughter to Dot Conte. Don Shackleton wills his pitching arm to Norman Humphries. Success on the mound to you, Norman old boy. Eleanor George, the advocate of what the well-dressed girl wears, leaves her knowledge to Joanne Legare. And, last but by no means least, Evie Mitchell bequeaths to Dot Dushame the days she just forgot she had gym, and to Judith Chadwick her everlasting love of horses. Now we make like the trees and leave, like the women and take a powder, and finally put an egg in our shoes and beat it before anyone catches us. Margie and Bob CLASS PROPHECY PROPHET, Prophet, 0 Mighty Prophet, I have come to these an¬ cient Egyptian hills to seek your help. The whole world is acquainted with your rare gift of foretelling events, and I have come as an em¬ issary of the Class of 1948 at Johnson High School to seek your assistance. Could you delve into the future and tell me what each member of the class will be do¬ ing twenty years from now?” “0 r 27

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THE GOBBLER-1948 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL to Mary Maude. Just be careful not to get caught rolling the candy on the floor. Jessie Gucciardi leaves her truck to any girl that has the strength to push it up Mass. Avenue with no gas in it. But she doesn’t leave her driver’s license to anyone. Since she tried to teach many of us how to drive, she has learned we need the experience. Pete White bestows upon Fred Soucy the honor of being class president for four years, his popularity, and the thousand and one other accomplishments he has achieved, one of them being how to be handsome, popular and yet keep the girls an arm’s distance away. Oh yeah! Margaret Twomey bequeaths some of that twinkle in her eyes and that sparkling smile to Ann Whipple. To Eunice Minzer, Jackie Lundgren gives her good-nature that has given us lots of laughs. George Clasby, the woman hater, (are we kidding!!!), leaves his Jimmy Stew¬ art characteristics to Don Farrow. Nancy Ballantyne wills to Martha Kane that pleasant and soothing calm attitude about everything in general. This even includes French! Phil Greenler gives his nonchalant attitude when it comes to anything re¬ quiring brain-work to Jimmy Green and Bob Longbottom. To Dave Kelley and John O’Melia go the many beauties of the outdoors along with Phil’s care of the cows. Dot Black and Mary Chamberlin, the famous duet, grant to Joan Finn, Nancy Mulvey and Jackie Adams their everlasting friendship with their quiet and charming qualities. To Finneran and Fleming, John MacCannell bequeaths his bright ties for all occasions. Claire Canty bestows upon Kay O’Keefe some of that constant good humor; Claire has an inexhaustible supply. To Irene Roberts she passes on her movie passes she received from the Sunday Sun, also the work that goes along with it, Joe Winning wills his fuzzy hair and way of fascinating females to John Shellnut. Claire Kelleher and Marion Curley bequeath to Mary Ranfone their success at exhibiting an innocent expression at all times. Mary Claire Hickey draws a few notes on her fiddle to soothe Grace Petell when her nerves are on edge and also gives up her place as third top honor student. Andy Alvino wills his spot at the smoking hole to Tommy Driscoll. We hope you’ll be as succesful in your dodging career as Andy was. To-Ruth Davis, Shirley Wilcox, the little girl with the big heart, bestows her endless supply of energy and her talented fingers on the ivory. Ginny Gaudet leaves to Kathleen Overend her beloved place in math, class. Also her ability to dash into Room 8 two minutes after the last bell has rung. Leon Wood endows Robert Finn and Arnold Sarcione with his flying fingers on the typewriter. 26

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THE GOBBLER-1948 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL “I have been awaiting your arrival for a long, long time. I have here in this small chest everything that you will need. You may take it back home with you, but you must promise me not to open it until you have reached your own land. I have my reasons for requesting this. I must leave you now, but before I depart I would like to wish the members of your class the best of happiness and success.” —Well, since I am back home in North Andover, I guess it is all right to open the chest. Why, here is a long scroll inside and the date reads 1968. Look at this! Louise Consoli is the first woman President of the United States, and the two most outstanding members of her cabinet are June Schmott- lach, the first woman Secretary of State and Leon Wood, Secretary of Agri¬ culture. It also says that the country has never enjoyed such peace and harmony as under this new administration. Marie Galvagna, Phil Greenler and Richard Jordan, the most brilliant phys¬ icists of the century, have just discovered a new serum so complicated that they themselves can’t even find a use for it. Joe Guthrie and Pete White have established a chain of dancing schools all over the country and even in parts of Europe, Bernie Gosselin is their chief in¬ structor. Could their success be due to this fact? Mary Clare Hickey has been appointed Ambassador to France by President Consoli. Paris hasn’t been the same since the Ambassador landed. Joe Winning is a happily married man with five robust and energetic sons whom he sends out to work while he stays at home and enjoys life. Nancy Ballantyne and Ruth Turner have seen their dream come true in their newly-established Home for the Unfortunate Children of America. They have employed the services of Marie Broderick, a specialist in children’s dis¬ eases, and as nurses, Jessie Gucciardi, Elaine Champion and Nancy Connell. Barbara Gillespie is the world-famed connoisseur of cheese. Life Magazine has just featured her life story. Don Shackleton has his own shop in North Andover, making everything from hope chests to intricately-carved door knobs. Marion Etchells is a telephone operator in the never-ending Pentagon Build¬ ing in Washington. Eddie Brown has been trying for years to get Mr. Lee’s position as physical instructor and coach at the new Johnson High. Mr. Lee has finally accepted one of the repeated offers to coach the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame so that Eddie could take over at Johnson. Under the capable managerial abilities af John Dolan, the Boston Red Sox have won two successive World Series. Who needs Joe McCarthy!! Just take a look at how many girls have entered the secretarial field! Mar¬ garet Twomey is practically managing the McCarthy Clinic all by herself. Rose Torrisi is secretary to a famous playwright and does a little acting on the side, too. Viola Nicosia, Frances Ippolito and Laura Mangano run a fashionable bus¬ iness school in Boston, and Pat Currier and Muriel Schofield are secretaries to the Governor of Massachusetts. 28